The Martha Mitchell Effect
January 20, 2022
40 minutes
6.3
DocumentaryCrimeHistory

The Martha Mitchell Effect

She was once as famous as Jackie O—and then she tried to take down a President. Martha Mitchell was the unlikeliest of whistleblowers: a Republican wife who was discredited by Nixon to keep her quiet. Until now.

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Cast
Martha Mitchell
(Self (archive footage))
Richard Nixon
(Self (archive footage))
Connie Chung
(Self (voice))
Dwight L. Chapin
(Self (voice))
Piper Dankworth
(Self (voice))
John Dean
(Self (voice))
Dan Romaine Kirkham
(Self (voice))
Sally Quinn
(Self (voice))
Bob Woodward
(Self (voice))
David Frost
(Self (archive footage))
J. William Fulbright
(Self (archive footage))
George McGovern
(Self (archive footage))
Bonnie Angelo
(Self (archive footage))
John Mitchell
(Self (archive footage))
Walter Cronkite
(Self (archive footage))
Lily Tomlin
(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))